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After the bombing of Guernica, Gaumont-British began distributing newsreels on air-raid safety to British cinemas. [5] Wardens gave ARP advice to the public and were responsible for reporting bombs and other incidents, and were joined by the Women's Voluntary Service in May 1938. [1] On 1 January 1938, the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1937 (1 & 2 ...
28 May 1937 Ronald Cross: Conservative: 18 October 1937 Robert Grimston: Conservative: 4 April 1939 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms: The Earl of Lucan May 1937 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard: The Lord Templemore May 1937 Lords in Waiting: The Viscount Gage May 1937 – 11 April 1939 The Earl of Munster: Conservative: May 1937 – 2 June ...
An Act to postpone the investigation to be made under section ten of the Air Raid Precautions Act, 1937, until the year nineteen hundred and forty-one. Determination of Needs Act 1941 4 & 5 Geo. 6.
The Civil Defence Act 1948 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom setting out legislation for civil defence procedures in the United Kingdom. It was repealed and replaced by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
The object of the Postluftschutz (air raid precautions) was to protect the customers, personnel and installations of the DRP from the danger of air raids. The implementation of the air raid precautions rested with the Postal Protection until 1944, when the war made it mandatory for the Postal Protection to focus on its military mission. [15]
The new department he headed combined the Lord Privy Seal's Office and the Home Office Air Raid Precautions Department (ARP). Additional staff were recruited from other government ministries as well as local authorities. The ministry also took over control of the Industrial Air Raid Precautions Division from the Air Ministry.
The Civil Defence Service was a civilian volunteer organisation in Great Britain during World War II.Established by the Home Office in 1935 as Air Raid Precautions (ARP), its name was officially changed to the Civil Defence Service (CD) in 1941.
The RLB was organized by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association.Existing volunteer air raid precaution associations were forced to merge with RLB. In 1939 the RLB became a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization), while in 1944 it became an affiliated organization of the Nazi Party.